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  • The Muslim Hajj: a pilgrimage worth risking life for

    11/26/2009 9:15:00 PM PST · by rdl6989 · 19 replies · 729+ views
    ABC News Australia ^ | Nov 27, 2009 | Nic MacBean
    It may be a gruelling and at-times dangerous journey for Muslim pilgrims, but Brisbane man Omar Saghir says the Hajj last year was the most amazing experience of his life. Millions of Muslim pilgrims have already risked floods and swine flu this year on the annual journey to the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina. But the 28-year-old wants to make the pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia again as soon as he can save up the money. "The experience for me, because I'm Australian-born and I've never really been outside of Australia, it was a very, very, very intriguing experience,"...